Improvement in combined cotton and corn-planters



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f tonieayin'unnutr, or 'NArcHEzgfMISSISSIPPI; AssIeN'on To HIMsEtr "AND, JOSEPH HUBER, or `SAME PLAGE.

i b tears Patent No. 112,436; dated March 7, 1871. i

t i The Schedule referredto thesis Letters iPatentand making part o the same.

` To all lwhom tt may `concern Be a known; that 1," Louis A. Paname, a of 1 Natalia, in 'the conny; ofnuams :ma state .ofensassippbhave inventeda new and improvedfGombined Oottonj'and Corn-Blanteryand I'd hereby declare `that the followingisa`iiill,`clear, and exact descrip- 1 tion thereof, wliichrwillI enableothersskilled in the art b to make anduse the] saine,1eference being had to the ,i i accompanying ldrawingibrrh i ing part of this' specifica` tion.

" y Wflihisinventioulrelates tonnprovements in machinery ,forlplanting seed`, ^andlsconsists Vin a combination in one machine `"of a seed-droppingapparatus adapted y for corn, and another adapted for cotton, `in a mannei` to utilizebne `rllnningfgear for the two kinds of seed andhtheijeby save the `expenseof separate 4gear for `eac g i n ,'lhe invention alsocomprises improvements in the each. y i i i .f l i Figure '1 isla. longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved machineg` l i i constructionandarrangement. of theapparatus for `ligure is `a transverse"` ection on the` line y y of iig. 2; and` l i f f i y f {Figure4-is`a sectiononlthe line z z. A

Similar lettersof `reference indicate corresponding A representsarectangular frame, mounted on an v'tolsaidaizle.' b y b i Nearrthe front of theframeis mounted a corn-hop- "per, E, `havinga dischargefopening', E, at'the'bottom, extending to` the droppen-slide, a cut-offslide, `li, and aidroppingslidafG; i 1 i i 4 Th'ecut-o slideis jointed to a lever, H, pivoted' at axle,iB`, of a pair of Wheels, O, which arekeyed fast I, andl connected tothe'glongfrod K, extendingrearwardto a point `bcloivoneof` the handlesL, where it i be conveniently,reached'lby` the attendant for closingorlopeningasmay bereqnired. v "The dropping-slide isrranged belowthe'slide F,

`andis worked by the eccentric'M on shaft `13,130 whichv it is,v connected by the rodN, i i

` 1 ,c fThisslide' has alxole,j`(),` into which the corn falls i Batthe rear ofhole E,'-andixtendng frointhevdrop'- `per-slide throughgthe bottom of thehopper.

i jnstable upon d0`wn,for-varying the depth of the n ,y drill, bysliding in a groovein beam A the frame;

or itinayibe any otherlarrangement.

R is the cotton-seedhopper, mounted over theaxle,l

and `having` along slot, `Spar, the bottom of thctwo obliqneslides, in which worksa disk, T, rnonnted `on As thectton-seed is very'liable to clog, I have provided a shoe, W', above` this hopper, to receive the seed audjdischarge it into'said liopperina continuons andy regular stream.

i, Said shoe ispivoted at :c to the corn-hoppeigand rests at the discharging end, which is lowest, on the end y ofhopper R. y Y 4 `This end is provided withstirring-arms,.Z, project ing downward into the hopper, and it isvibrated to cause the discharge of the seed from it, and the agitation of,it in the hopper below.

For vibratingit a crank-shaft, c, pitmau-rod, b, -aud pair of beveled Wheels, d, are provided and arranged,

as shown, one wheel being on shaft B,flth'e other `on i* shafte, and: the connecting-rod attached at one end to, the hopper and at the other to thecrank of shaft a, which is arranged parallel with the longitudinal. axis of the shoe.

i A' representsva set of ingers mounted at the rear end of the frame, and projecting down-ward therefrom to the ground, for raking the earth and the seed toether andassisting in covering it. Y

Behindlthese fingers is a coveringscraper, B', suspended byrspri'ng or hinged bar,` 0.', which will admit 'of'. the scraper being raised o'ythe ground to pass over clods or for turning around corners.`

D is arodlattached to the-scraper, for lifting it, and i extending upward pastA the rear elevated beam E, andsuitably arranged to be connected to it, for holding the scraper np.-

In this'instancean eye, F', is provided, by'which `applicablealihe for corn or cottonplanting, for both uses, and thereby save the expense of another set of -these devices, which would be required ii' complete machines for each vpurpose were used.

Having thus described :py invention, y, I'claini as new and ldesire to secure -by Letters Patent-f b' f 1. Thearrangement, with one truck, drill-opener, and

covering-scraper, of a corn-'plautinghoppen droppingslide, and the operating devices' therefor; also, the and vibrating shoe W, all combined and arranged subcotton-dropping devices, consisting ofthe vibrating stantally as specified.

`shoe W, hopper R, cupped disk T, and the-bristles V, The above specification-of my,v invention signed by al1 substantially as specied. me this 6th day of October, 1870. v -2. The corn-hopper D, clit-01T slide F, lever H, rod LOUIS A. PERRAULT. K, dropper-slde G, eccentric M, rodN, all arranged Witnesses: v substantially as specified. GEO. W. MABEE,

3. The cotton-hopper R, cupped disk T, bristles V, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

